ngmoco to launch Swedish branch with former EA Easy boss Ben Cousins

by Ben Gilbert on Jun 21st 2011 11:30AM

When Ben Cousins left EA Easy as head of the studio earlier this year, he didn't leave a forwarding address. Cousins and his new employer revealed today his position as head of newly formed ngmoco Sweden, where he'll be leading the studio in the development of "freemium games for mobile platforms like iOS/Android" (according to Cousins' Twitter feed). His last major project with EA was Battlefield Play 4 Free.

The official PR from ngmoco puts the Swedish branch in a position of support for parent company DeNA's "Mobage" social gaming platforms. And the new studios puts Cousins in a position to hire up colleagues in a part of the world ripe for the picking -- Sweden. Don't be surprised if you see some high profile ex-DICE staffers showing up at ngmoco's new Swedish office over the next few months, as we totally warned you.

[Image credit: OfficialGDC]

Source: ngmoco

Tags: android, battlefield-heroes, battlefield-play-4-free, ben-cousins, DeNA, ea-dice, ea-easy, electronic-arts, mac, mobage, mobile, ngmoco, ngmoco-sweden, pc, sweden

Reader Comments (3)

I would love to see some freemium EA games on iOS. :)

It's your cousins, ben cousins!

ngmoco hasn't made any good games since Eliminate, which was just ok. They had a lot of room to improve and did nothing. Things like voice chat that they showed at Apple's own keynote never actually came to the game, which is ridiculous for a phone which has to have a built in mic, it's a no brainer to have voice chat.